SHORTER DAYS, BIGGER DEMAND ON LIGHTING SYSTEMS

Daylight savings time is almost done for 2017. It's a mark of the season as sure as Halloween or pumpkin spice lattes, and it's a change that always gets us thinking.

Before electricity, when the world was lit by candles and lanterns, the world must have been a very dark place. In the Northern Hemisphere, the long dark nights of fall, winter, and early spring must have been a thick and oppressive thing. Even places with sources of light weren't very bright, and the experience must have been a marked contrast to the world we live in today. Instead of tallow candles, logs for the fire, or oil for a lamp, our world is illuminated by the flip of a switch.

We don't appreciate the complexity of light as often as we should, but these shorter days certainly illustrate how important our artificial sources of light are as a part of the human experience. Without them, we'd be spending time in dim offices or dark stores, making even simple daily tasks like buying groceries or reading nearly impossible or at least constricted to certain times of the day.

It's also the time of year that those artificial lights get flipped on early in the evening and stay on in the morning later. The added light can have a big impact on your business expenses and even your building's heating and cooling costs. We have a number of options to make your indoor and outdoor lighting needs cost you less while performing even better than they do now. From gas stations and automotive showrooms to small retail settings and offices of any size, our free consultation could show you ways to save thousands per year, plus reduce your environmental impact at the same time.

On the first weekend in November, we'll lose a bit of daylight. In the process, we have a tremendous opportunity to improve efficiency with our lighting systems and make a change for the good.